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Old 02-03-2024, 12:46 AM   #52
Lord Byron
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Offseason news leading up to the 1904 Rookie Draft...

-The Brooklyn Superbas fired manager Ned Hanlon and signed manager Stephen Schraven to a 4-year, $1,315 per year contract..
-The St. Louis Browns fired manager Hugh Duffy and signed manager Jordan Alston to a 3-year, $605 per year contract.
-The Cleveland Naps fired manager Jimmy McAleer and signed manager Mike Clise to a 4-year, $940 per year contract.
-New York Giants general manager Carlos Baltazar retired. The Giants then signed new general manager Justin Thomas to a 4-year, $1,050 per year contract.
-Boston Beaneaters CF Ed Householder and Ca Malachi Kittridge retired from professional baseball.
-Philadelphia Athletics SP Jack McFetridge retired from professional baseball.
-New York Giants CF George Van Haltren retired from professional baseball. The Giants then retired the #3 in his honor.
-Boston Americans SP Ted Breitenstein retired from professional baseball.
-Washington Senators SS Frank Connaughton retired from professional baseball.
-St. Louis Cardinals Ca Jack Ryan retired from professional baseball.
-Chicago Cubs SP Bert Cunningham retired from professional baseball.
-Brooklyn Superbas SP Brickyard Kennedy retired from professional baseball.
-St. Louis Browns 3B Tom Leahy retired from professional baseball.
-Washington Senators 1B Bill Everitt retired from professional baseball.
-Pittsburgh Pirates 3B Jud Smith retired from professional baseball.
-Detroit Tigers LF Ducky Holmes retired from professional baseball.
-Philadelphia Phillies SS Hughie Jennings retired from professional baseball.
-The St. Louis Browns traded 30-year-old 3B Jimmy Burke to the Chicago Cubs, getting 25-year-old LF Jim Delahanty in return.
-The Pittsburgh Pirates traded 23-year-old SS Harry Aubrey to the Washington Senators, getting 30-year-old SP Case Patten in return.
-The St. Louis Browns traded 35-year-old LF George Hogriever to the New York Highlanders, getting 41-year-old Ca Wilbert Robinson in return.
-The St. Louis Browns traded 30-year-old SP Ned Garvin to the Philadelphia Phillies, getting 31-year-old CF Jimmy Slagle in return.
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